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Youth online risk: Accurate reporting
02-Sep-10In a second ruling in the Megan Meier cyberbullying case, a federal judge yesterday threw out Lori Drew’s three misdemeanor convictions of late last year, the Wired “Threat Level” blog reports. “The case against Drew hinged on the government’s novel argument that violating MySpace’s terms of service was the legal equivalent of computer hacking.” US [...]
Missouri’s new cyberharassment law
27-Dec-08Seven people have been prosecuted under Missouri’s new online-harassment law, passed after 13-year-old Megan Meier committed suicide as a result of cyberbullying in 2006. “When a press report in 2007 revealed the role that 47-year-old Lori Drew played in Meier’s harassment, local authorities felt pressured to charge Drew with a crime, but could find no [...]
Questions raised by Megan Meier case
02-Dec-08Although Lori Drew was convicted only on misdemeanor charges last week and though the case may yet be dismissed, the questions it raises are important ones: Legal Although what happened between the Meiers and Drews in the St. Louis area in 2006 was about cyberbullying, the case against Drew wasn’t, actually. It was about computer [...]
Verdict in Megan Meier case
26-Nov-08In the cyberbullying case against Lori Drew, the Missouri mother involved in the creation of a fake MySpace profile that led to Megan Meier’s suicide, “a federal jury delivered a mixed verdict,” the Los Angeles Times reports. She was convicted of misdemeanor charges involving unlawful computer access, but the jury “rejected more serious felony charges.” [...]
Dismissal urged in Megan Meier case
06-Aug-08Twelve law professors and several Internet civil liberties organizations say that a conviction in the federal case against Lori Drew in the suicide of Megan Meier would have the effect of “criminalizing the everyday conduct of millions of internet users.” An amicus brief submitted for the group concluded: “Megan Meier’s death was a terrible tragedy, [...]
